Florida hurricane devastates citrus region and coastal towns
A hurricane plowed through north Florida hitting Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, with 155 mph winds causing more than 60 million dollars in damage. Three killed, 100+ injured, hundreds of dwellings wrecked, and airplanes damaged as the storm moved toward Georgia, then toward the Okefenokee Swamp.
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Tampa
Florida
Georgia
Gulf Coast
Okefenokee
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Lake City
Fla
City Street Worker Hit and Driver Flees
H. M. Moore, 65, a city street department employee, was injured in a hit-and-run on East Clark street near Center street Subway. He was unconscious for about 20 minutes, then taken to General hospital with a forehead cut and a bruised shoulder. Police investigated after Officer Bennett observed Moore dazed at around 3:45 a.m.
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H. M. Moore
City Street Department
General Hospital
East Clark Street
Moore
Bennett
Center Street
Bolivian Revolt Seizes Santa Cruz Amid Competing Forces
In Bolivia on Saturday Communist and Fascist factions joined a military revolt that captured Santa Cruz and pressed into another southern city. Loyalists and civilians crushed uprisings in Crura and Potosi while La Paz and the north remained unaffected. Government sources claim control of the country.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Santa Crus
Congress
Cruro
Potosi
Guillermo Estrada
Bridges Warns on Longshore Strike Until Dock Law Tests
Honolulu CIO longshore chief Harry Bridges said wage bargaining seems almost impossible unless Hawaii drops its dock seizure law. He predicted the four months old strike may last until the stevedoring law is tested in court, possibly through a Ninth Circuit appeal if needed.
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Honolulu
CIO
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Ninth Circuit
Betatron to Be Used in Deep-Seated Cancer Trial
In Chicago scientists will irradiate a 72 year old throat cancer patient with a 22 million volt Betatron at the University of Illinois hospital. The experiment aims to deliver 10 to 100 times the energy of standard X rays under the supervision of Dr. Donald W. Kerst Dr. Andrew C. Ivy and Dr. Roger A. Harvey.
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Chicago
University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital
Donald W. Kerst
University of Illinois
Andrew C. Ivy
Roger A. Harvey
Illinois
Prisoners Escape From California Camp After Sprinkler Truck Theft
Three county jail inmates escaped from a light offenses prison camp in the San Jacinto mountains near Hemet California after stealing a sprinkling truck on Saturday. The men fled the facility during the daylight hours and authorities launched a search to recapture them.
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Hemet
Calif
San Jacinto Mountains
Col Goodfellow Sells Tribune Interest to Ifft Kirchhof
Col. M P Goodfellow sells one half of The Pocatello Tribune to G Nicholas Ifft and Mrs Francis J Kirchhof. Ifft, editor, confirms complete Tribune control now rests with the Ifft family. Goodfellow, once Brooklyn Eagle publisher, plans trips to Calgary and Korea to visit friends and the president.
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Pocatello
Tribune
Col. M. Preston Goodfellow
G. Nicholas Ifft
Francis J. Kirchhof
Denver
Ifft
Pocatello Tribune
The
William S. Cady
Colonel Goodfellow
Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Goodfellow
Calgary
Alberta
Korea
Republic
South Fork Fire Progress Report In Payette Forest
Forest Service officials said Saturday night they were making progress against the South Fork fire in the Payette National Forest. Four fires burned 29,000 acres of timber in the past week, with South Fork the last still out of control. Floyd W. Godden, regional chief, said no headway was seen Saturday.
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McCall
Forest Service
Big South Fork
Payette National Forest
South Fork
Floyd W. Godden
Rail Rate Debate Prompted by Ogden Gateway Hearing
Idaho Farm Bureau board to study through rate issue after Union Pacific and D R G W hearings. Representatives from both railroads argued long haul privileges and eliminating penalties would aid Idaho shippers, with no rate cuts expected.
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Union Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande
Idaho Farm Bureau Board
J. F. Fredrickson
Farm Bureau
D and Rgw
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ogden Gateway
R. K. Bradford
W. T. Burns
R. E. Drummey
Omaha
John Padden
Salt Lake City
K. L. Johnson
Boise
R. W. Anderson
British visitor leaves Boston with Welsh town wish
Boston notes that John D. E. Griffiths, a British visitor, departed for Wales on Saturday. He regrets not finding time to visit Massachusetts’s Lake Cham... gagmanchauggag... a famous local lake.
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Boston
John D. E. Griffiths
Llanfairpwigwyngyligogerelu
Andyssiliogogoch
Wales
Massachusetts
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Plane crash kills Bendix pilot Cal Dawson in Idaho
A Bendix racing plane named Clay's Pigeon crashed near Coeur D Alene on a Saturday test flight. Pilot and co owner Cal Dawson, 25, died instantly. State Patrolman Gordon Hood reported the forward nosedive did not ignite the aircraft.
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Coeur D'Alene
Bendix
Here
Cal Dawson
Gordon Hood
Clay
Power Line Project Dismissal Sought by Idaho Power
Boise Idaho Power Co asked for dismissal of the Interior Department suit that would bar completing a Boise to American Falls transmission line via Bliss Dam. The company filed its reply in the department’s action to enjoin construction on public lands.
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BOISE
The _ Idaho Power Co
U. S. Interior Department
American Falls
Bliss Dam
Power Company
Brannan Warns Farm Leaders on Egg Price Program Costs
Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan privately warned congressional farm leaders that continuing the current price support program could flood the market with eggs next year. He estimated the potential government cost at 150 million to 200 million dollars in a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma.
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Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Congressional Democratic Farm
Congress
Brannan
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Working Pact Complaints Bring Action by Rail Unions
Conductors and engineers of the Oregon Short Line division of Union Pacific voted unanimously to strike at 6 am October 1. About 1,000 members of ORC and BOLE voted, citing violations of schedule agreements and mishandling of violation cases. Division runs from Green River Wyoming to Huntington Oregon, extending to Montana and Salt Lake City.
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Oregon Short Line Division
Union Pacific Railroad
Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Locomotive En
Union Pacific
Green River
Wyo
Huntington
Ore
Montana
Salt Lake City
Air Operation Diaper Flies Infants to Europe
A chartered DC-4 with 83 aboard including 44 war brides and 28 children departed Oakland for London. The mission labeled Operation Bib and Diaper aimed at brides from the San Francisco Bay area traveling to Northolt Airdrome. The plane carried bassinettes, baby foods, milk, tea bags, chewing gum and disposable diapers with brides paying 550 dollars per adult and 150 per child over two. two stewardesses flew the transatlantic leg.
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New York
London
Oakland
Calif
Ean
Northolt Airdrome
San Francisco Bay Area
Simplot Announces Soilbuilder Unit for Idaho Falls
J R Simplot announced plans for a Simplot soilbuilder unit at Idaho Falls as part of a western fertilizer and agricultural distribution push. The Idaho Falls operation will be run by the Simplot Fertilizer Co of Pocatello under O A Power with units already in Twin Falls Boise Caldwell Greeley and Klamath Falls. Power said J L Wursten will transfer to the Idaho Falls project.
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J. R. Simplot
Idaho
Simplot Soilbuilder
Idaho Br Paw
Simplot
Idaho Falls
Simplot Fertilizer Co
Pocatello
O. A. Power
Simplot Pocatello
Twin Falls
Boise
Caldwell
Greeley
Colo
Klamath Falls
Ore
Power
J. L. Wursten
New Pocatello Golf and Country Club Opens Membership Drive
W W Shields announces the start Monday of selling up to 350 memberships for a non profit Pocatello Golf and Country Club to be located on Elkhorn Ranch property five miles south. memberships cost 500 with 18 month payment option and include family access.
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New Country Club
Pocatello Golf and Country Club
Elkhorn Ranch
South Main St
W. W
Bill) Shields
R. W. Dickman
H. N
Zeke) Hubbard
W. M. Terrell
J. L. Craig Jr
Shields
Harley B. Markham
Ralph J
Pocatello
Franklin
Union Pacific
Tlans
Fall Opening and Talent Parade Planned in Pocatello
Pocatello merchants announce a two event fall showcase on Sept 9 with 7 pm window displays and an 8 pm high school auditorium style show followed by the Intermountain Talent Parade. Three contestants will win radio appearances in Salt Lake City. entrants hail from Bingham Power Bannock Franklin and Oneida counties. The free event requires parental supervision for children.
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Pocatello Merchants
Intermountain
Salt Lake City
Bingham
Power
Bannock
Franklin
Oneida
Bannock County
H. L. Fawson
Fawson Music Co
Hunt Denies Any Wrong In White House Aid Request
Washington report says James Vettunt testified that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughn did not press him to secure football tickets for Army Notre Dame or favors beyond obtaining matches and supplies. He says he has no recollection of such requests.
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Washington
James Vettunt
Uwe
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
City to net about $19 thousand from surplus buildings sale
Mayor W. W. Halsey said Phillips Field auction brought over $20,000 for 48 war surplus buildings. Net proceeds for airport development are estimated between $18,500 and $19,000.
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Phillips Field
W. W. Halsey
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Deena Far
Power Ray
Pocatello Newspaper Scene
Cassia County
Burley
Virginia Justice
Piketon
Ohio
Europe
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Power Line
Frank Grover
Gineers
VDL Glyiston
H. W. Corbett
Walter Blakemore
B of LE
James Franklin
Hunt
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